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An entrepreneur from the local area is unhappy that all the people are leaving the Bay Area. Bay Area.

Twilio the CEO of Twilio, Jeff Lawson, has taken to Twitter and LinkedIn to urge his fellow tech executives to stay within the Bay Area and invest in San Francisco’s long-term viability. This comes as Oracle, as well as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, recently announced that they will move their headquarter to Texas. Tech legend Keith Rabois declared that he’s leaving San Francisco permanently because he’s finding it “impossible to stay.”

“I’m asking my friends, colleagues, and other CEOs to commit to the Bay. Commit to stay and rebuild what has provided many to us. That’s what it’s like being a part of an entire community. @twilio won’t be leaving,” the rapper wrote in December. 18. Twitter.

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Lawson continued to explain his plans to give back to the community, noting that the couple has given to Give2SF, which is the town’s COVID aid fund, and also making a pledge of $8 million by 2021 to Help Kitchen. This organization provides the hungry with local eateries for meals.

A few local tech executives have taken note of the message, such as Salesforce Chief Operating Officer Bret Taylor. On Twitter, he wrote, “I am a native of Oakland and am thrilled to remain here in Oakland and the Bay Area — to bring jobs to the local area and to solve the issues we face as a society and in collaboration with local government and non-profits. And I’ve never been more hopeful in the direction of California.”

Twilio was established in 2008 and currently has 1 334 employees working within the Bay Area, according to LinkedIn. The cloud-based platform for communication operates in two locations in San Francisco, both in the South Beach area of SoMa.

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